@bachophile said in Haven’t been around much: That’s something which is far too complex to answer while walking down the street after a few beers. But interestingly I saw this in the times today https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/trump-plans-2025.html It’s uncanny how the same divide is happening all over the world. One day historians will have a heyday figuring out why this is happening in so many societies. It does seem to be. There are limits to power in western nations particularly, and I can understand that would be chafing to a guy who was used to running a business. But 'sweeping new powers' always worries me.

“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone” THUNK “Sometimes, mother, you really piss me off.”

@Jolly said in The Problem With Jackson: @taiwan_girl said in The Problem With Jackson: QUOTE By permitting violence to grow and government services to degrade, such political leaders take advantage of the need for certainty by promising to make things better for those who support their cause. For the clients and loyalists and insiders, life gets a little — and sometimes a lot — better. For everyone else, it gets worse. UNQUOTE This is the play guide of the populist leader, regardless of country. Read up on Huey P. Long. I think you'll find him interesting. Thanks Jolly. Just looked him up. Yes, he does seem interesting.

That happened to me one time on a domestic India flight. I boarded and this old lady was sitting in my seat. On shorter flights, I usually choose window. Anyway, she was clearly in the wrong seat. I called the attendant who spoke to her and she refused to move. It was kind of a short flight, so I just took her seat for the flight.

Those are funny.

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Again, all the dumbest ideas in America are around race. The ideas are a product of selective thinking like this. It’s all completely transparent, and the silence about how insane it all is, is enforced by credible threat of the socioeconomic death penalty. Everybody knows this.

Meh. I can get you a Leonardo for $450,000,000.

And I think there are certain factions that want it that way.

You'd have to jump up to touch bottom to match the January 6 charade.

I knew Harvey Keitel's nephew, Mark. He's into astronomy. Attended a couple of star parties with him down in Florida. This is Mark with a couple of very nice Takahashi telescopes he owned at the time. [image: MarkK.jpg]

Wishcasting, pure and simple. DoJ could never offer such a deal and Trump would never accept one.

My only encounter with LA cops led me to believe they are SOBs.

When Karla said “check out this beaver!” yesterday, I certainly didn’t expect this… [image: 1689614168121-ec91db51-4e83-4f76-8502-a4c2f356cfb8.jpeg] [image: 1689614168138-536fcb31-2e0a-4f61-b76e-93706a62f67f.jpeg] [image: 1689614168156-a34a1332-8e49-47ab-945e-f8577146da91.jpeg]

@89th said in "He defined the rainbow.": And Kamala's voice is so annoying. Almost as bad as Hillary's. You're going to love RFK Jr.

In Truman’s last days he said the same thing - about Eisenhower. Something like ‘he’s going to come in here, give a bunch of people orders, and nothings going to happen’.

@George-K said in Trump's plan to end the Ukraine war in 24 hours.: I wonder how much time is spent wasted getting him "properly" coiffed every day. If it stops him doing stuff it’s not a waste